The national team has a day off, and the members of the national team strictly abide by the team rules established by Aldrich. No player dares to show up in entertainment venues such as nightclubs and go home to rest peacefully.
After returning to the Leo training base and starting to prepare for the World Cup qualifiers, the team's mental outlook has undergone new changes, the momentum is uplifted, and everyone is in high spirits.
Although the friendly win over Spain did not meet Aldridge's expected training goals, the positive impact of the result was immediate.
The training is relatively easy and the main thing is to maintain the state. The national team is not like the club. Even though Aldridge feels that the players have room for improvement, he does not conduct targeted training during the national team training. Like Carragher, Aldridge wants him to
Play as a central defender as early as possible, but this job should be done by Liverpool Football Club. The national team does not have that environment. It only trains players for a few days throughout the year.
At the end of the day's training, Aldridge kept Beckham and Seaman behind.
The two players didn't know what was going on and stood in front of Aldrich waiting for instructions.
"David, how many free kicks can you take in a minute?"
Xiaobei thought for a while and replied: "5 or 6, maybe."
Aldrich nodded and said: "From now on, when the national team trains, after every training, you will practice free kicks for 15 minutes. Are there any questions?"
Beckham agreed, but felt a little confused.
He often practices free kicks in the club. In other words, it is precisely because he has been practicing this hard since he started training that he has become famous for his current skill of Bei's Arc.
Seaman naturally went to guard the goal. He thought he was just a sparring partner. At his age, it would be nonsense to talk about improving his abilities.
Aldrich stipulated the distance for Beckham's free kick training. It was about 35 to 40 yards, and asked Villas-Boas to help place the football aside and practice shooting from different angles.
When Beckham was about to start training and take a direct free kick, Aldridge grabbed him and Seaman was already standing in front of the goal.
"Coach. Is there anything else you want to say?"
Beckham was confused and suddenly practiced free kicks alone. In the environment of the national team, it made people feel strange.
Aldridge said to him softly: "There is a requirement that you must remember. Before you take a free kick, first observe the goalkeeper's position. If he is standing forward, you just hang the goal. Don't worry about anything else.
, even if there is a better angle, choose the hanging door. If his position is reasonable, then you can practice as usual as you like."
Beckham was confused and asked: "Coach, does this have any profound meaning?"
Aldrich smiled enigmatically and said: "Be prepared for a rainy day."
Xiao Bei shook his head and was not interested in getting to the bottom of it. He had just practiced.
Aldrich watched today's "special training" from the sidelines.
Seaman faced about 6 or 70 direct free kicks. About 5 or 6 of them, he stood slightly forward, Beckham succeeded in one, and the others were missed.
Aldridge never expects that a few words can change a player's playing habits, but long-term training is the most reliable.
Seaman, when he failed to secure a goal late in the 2002 World Cup, he was stunned by Ronaldinho, which made Ronaldinho's dazzling rainbow and made him a sinner of the England national team.
Whether he can correct his shortcoming of standing high when facing long-distance direct free kicks, Aldridge will do everything he can and let fate dictate. Let’s see the results in the future. After all, this shortcoming of his has been caught by his opponents in the Premier League.
I hope that Beckham's deliberate hanging of the door will deepen He-Man's impression time and time again, making him wary and taking him as a warning.
A few days later, the Albanian national team visited England.
As usual, Aldrich attended the press conference. Within a week, his treatment was completely different, and the atmosphere at the scene was extremely harmonious.
Aldrich has always told the truth, and today his honesty made Fleet Street mistakenly think that the young marshal was going to be high-profile.
"For tomorrow's game, we have only one goal: to win. Any other result is unacceptable."
Right, this is the style a leader of the Three Lions should have!
Apart from winning, everything else is bullshit!
Aldrich is telling the truth, but also nonsense!
England can't beat Albania, the weakest team in the group, at home, so why go to the World Cup? Oh no, can they still go to the World Cup?
Debut, well, Aldridge made his debut again, his first home game for the national team.
Although the current situation in the group is unfavorable to England, the timing is good. The team is in high spirits, playing at home, and the opponent is also very weak.
At Wembley, in such a game with huge suspense, England fans still flocked to the scene. Many officials from the Football Association also came to the scene. They couldn't be more satisfied with the current situation of the national team!
From a profit perspective, Aldridge and his coaching staff receive very low salaries, as they work part-time after all.
But the benefits brought by Aldrich are huge, and some sponsors have gone directly to the Football Association to submit new sponsorship contracts!
Aldridge's image, the appeal he brings, coupled with his legend as the youngest national team coach in history...can this not make money?
Wembley tickets are selling much better than before.
After England defeated Spain in a friendly match, FA Chairman Thompson even said in a cocktail party: Hiring Aldridge to coach is the most correct decision!
This guy can't wait to take the credit for himself.
"England's starting lineup today has only one personnel change from the starting lineup in the last friendly match, and that is the forward. Heskey is on the bench and Owen is starting! There is no doubt that England's starting lineup today is stronger than the starting lineup in the last game!"
England fans sat in the Wembley stands with a relaxed mind, waiting to see the show and enjoying a hearty victory.
Spain, the king of the qualifiers, was beaten three times by us in the away game. Albania? Giving away 3 points is the most basic consumption, and a few more goal differences will make people satisfied.
But 20 minutes after the game started, the English fans in the Wembley stands were dumbfounded.
The score is 0:0.
England seemed to have no sign of being able to score a goal, and there were very few threatening attacks.
On the scene, England had an absolute advantage, overwhelming their opponents and attacking fiercely!
Aldrich laughed angrily while standing on the sidelines.
These British guys just deserve to be scolded!
There is a huge disparity between strength and weakness. Albania comes to play away from home and retreats when they come up. It is a normal choice because they are not strong enough. Then they can only use the crowd tactics to ensure that they do not concede goals.
And what do England's players play on the field?
Pressure attack!
If you change to a team with a delicate playing style, this is correct, but England is not good at this kind of small-scale cooperation. The pressure is to suppress the opponent, so what?
Penetrating through balls were constantly being destroyed, and the ability to get rid of the ball was lacking. The ball kept rolling back and forth from the front of the Albanian penalty area to the midfield.
Albania sabotaged the siege, and England scored again. Albania sabotaged the siege, and England scored again...
4321, almost became 2143.
Such a penetrating style couldn't get through, so they started passing the ball again.
Aldrich really wants to kick Beckham in the butt!
Who are you passing the cross to?
Irving who is 1.72 meters tall?
Scholes, who is 1.74 meters tall?
Or is it McManaman, who is the tallest in the frontcourt at 1.84 meters?
They just set up a dense defense. If you cross the ball like this, there is no space in the penalty area, so they just rely on confrontation and then Jordan-style alley-oop dunks to score?
Before the game, Aldridge did give a fatal order in the locker room. This game must be won. The situation is like this. Everyone knows that if they don't win, they may even lose their qualification for the play-offs.
As for Albania's style of play, Aldrich could also predict that the opponent would not come to Wembley to fight England with a machete, so it was inevitable to focus on defense.
Therefore, Aldrich emphasized that pressing tactics must be implemented resolutely.
Well, they executed it very well, with a pressing style. The forwards and attacking midfielders almost surrounded the opponent's goalkeeper, and the defensive midfielders and full-backs also stepped forward to press.
The effect was very good. Albania was too scared to pass the ball in the backcourt, so they just stepped forward to make a clearance.
But here comes the problem. The opponent just makes a clearance, but where are the players? Naturally, they stay within the thirty-yard area in front of the goal. The two defensive lines of 9 players show no signs of loosening. The remaining forward is in dire straits, and his teammates make a clearance for him.
I just rushed forward, as tired as my grandson and couldn't even touch the ball. I probably fainted in the toilet from crying during halftime.
Aldrich hopes that the football game can be the same as the basketball game. Can we call a timeout?
This group of national football players were excited to win a friendly match, but their opponents were not that good. They expected to win in one fell swoop and show off their statistics by showing off, but they ended up kicking the shit out of them!
Aldrich's tactical essentials were completely forgotten.
Aldridge took advantage of a sideline ball opportunity and walked to the sideline. How dedicated Beckham was. The ball went out of bounds and he immediately picked it up and was about to serve.
"David, wait."
Beckham was probably in a state of excitement. When he heard Aldridge calling him, he turned his head, slipped his hand, and threw the ball to Aldridge...
The fans at Wembley were stunned.
"Well, Beckham served the ball from the sideline and then threw the ball to coach Hall who was out of bounds. Is this England's surprise? But a team cannot have 12 people on the football field."
The commentator was joking, Beckham looked embarrassed, and the referee awarded the sideline ball to Albania.
"Coach, what's the matter? I..."
Beckham said that he was going to join the game to defend. Aldridge said to him with a calm expression: "Come here first, don't worry about the game, the ball will be mine."
Beckham looked back and saw that Albania was indeed attacking. The forward who was as tired as his grandson rushed forward again, but it was probably out of the question. Southgate had already controlled the landing point of the high-altitude ball.
Beckham felt relieved and walked off the field. Aldrich was reminded by the fourth official that he could not leave the area designated by the head coach, so he waved to Beckham and asked him to follow him slowly back to the home team coach's command area.
The referee came over and asked what was going on with Beckham?
Why did he come out while kicking? The fans in the stands and the audience watching the live TV broadcast were also stunned.
How weird.
During the game, the head coach took the initiative to call a player out, and he looked very relaxed.
Aldridge dealt with the referee casually, lying that Beckham felt unwell and the team doctor wanted to check it out.
Xiao Bei took a breath and picked up a bottle of water to replenish it.
"Coach, why did you call me out? Is there something wrong with me?"
"Well, you all have problems."
"Um?"
Aldridge asked Beckham to turn around so that his eyes were the same as his own, looking at the situation in England's frontcourt.
"David, what did you see?"
"Well, we are attacking and the other side is defending."
"But when the other side wants to attack, what are we doing?"
"Pressure defense, isn't this what the coach asked for?"
"When did I ask you to go to the opponent's penalty area to perform pressing defense?"
"Um?"
Beckham thought for a while and finally shook his head.
Aldridge said solemnly: "During training, I always emphasize that the focus is on siege and counterattack. The key area is in the midfield. If it is in the frontcourt, do you think England's third line can maintain contact? Facing the
Is it difficult to penetrate the defense layer by layer against a stronger opponent? Do you know why the Italian team does not pay attention to attacking and uses a chain defense? "
“Because it’s easy to be defeated one by one by aggressively attacking.”
"Yeah, the truth is the same. Even if we play like this today and win, such a defensive strategy will definitely be ravaged by top teams. When you return to the court later, tell all the players to withdraw, and during training
Just play the game as required. Don't think you can win easily just because your opponent is weak. If you continue to play like this, if you want to win, you can only rely on luck. Will Michael Owen transform into Michael Jordan and score a header?"
Beckham also felt that playing like that just now had no effect. It was just like England's long pass attack before, but there was not even a high center on the field.
He nodded and returned to the sidelines. After the referee allowed it, he ran into the court and told his teammates the coach's instructions. After he finished conveying Aldrich's instructions, he suddenly laughed.
Irving turns into Jordan?
The coach is so funny.
He didn't think about whether his nerve reflex arc was too long, he only realized it now...
